Former Global Edmonton account executive Kyla St. Gelais took a buyout in July and has since joined Signpatico Outdoor Inc.. Her colleague Lenny Adrichuk, who spent 8 years at the Edmonton Journal before joining Global Edmonton in 2010, has also joined Signpatico.

The CRTC has approved two new radio stations to serve the Edmonton market. An application by 1811258 Alberta Ltd. was approved to “operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station” and an application by Société Radio Communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society was approved to “operate a French-language community FM radio station”. The first will broadcast at 580 AM (CKUA’s old frequency) and the second will broadcast at 97.9 FM.

Medium announced some big changes last week. They’re eliminating 50 jobs and are changing the business model, with Ev Williams writing that “it’s clear that the broken system is ad-driven media on the internet.”

Interesting to hear about Postmedia IO, a new initiative “focused on expanding innovation capabilities, growing business-to-business (B2B) product strategy, and evolving the company’s digital possibilities for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).”

Norway is going to be the first country to start switching off its FM radio network. “Sixty-six per cent of Norwegians oppose switching off FM, with just 17 per cent in favour and the rest undecided, according to an opinion poll published by the daily Dagbladet last month.”

The Washington Post is creating an eight-person “rapid-response investigative team that will work closely with all departments in the newsroom.” The team will consist of five reporters, an assignment editor, “a database reporter”, and “a graphics reporter”.